Letter: Litigious society drags us down

Tuesday

Aug 27, 2013 at 12:01 AMAug 27, 2013 at 11:53 AM

I am writing this in regard to all these commercials by lawyers who are telling the public they "can sue."

I am writing this in regard to all these commercials by lawyers who are telling the public they "can sue." I don't know how many I have seen on TV this afternoon alone. This goes from office workers, construction work, medical situations, etc.

When will they have commercials telling the public to take care of themselves, stay in school, do your best, don't look for a "ride" in life, take a job that you may not like to get by until you can find something better?

It seems like there is no direction, since people seem not to have it, to take care of oneself. It is, "Let me sit back and be taken care of." It makes me sad. The era I grew up in was nothing like what it is today. There was pride, respect and honesty. Will it ever go back the way it should be? Who knows. I hope so, but hope only goes so far. We need action.

Barbara Carreiro

Dartmouth

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